Rajendra Singh Lodha has filed petitions in the Calcutta high court seeking dismissal of the applications filed by Radha Mohata, Lakshmi Newar and K K Birla, G P Birla, B K Birla and Yashovardhan Birla for appointment of administrator over the estate of late M P Birla.
In the petitions Lodha alleged that the move was an abuse of the process of law and multiplicity of the proceedings and should not be allowed.
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The petition highlighted that a similar petition was filed with the Company Law Board by some employees of B K Birla group of companies with the same pleas and documents and through the same advocate-on-record sought an order for appointment of administrator over the affairs of Birla Corporation, the flagship company of the M P Birla group, which was refused by CLB.
Lodha petition also mention the criminal case initiated in the Alipur court by another former employee of the Birla group, where at the time of hearing Birla family members were present.